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National Parks Traveler Podcast

Mar 27, 2022

Some 615,000 visitors a year flock to the hard-packed gray sands of Padre Island National Seashore along the Gulf Coast of Texas. This undeveloped national seashore boasts an abundance of natural wonders in its tidal flats, dunes and grasslands. Ample solitude can be found on it 65-mile stretch of beach, including 60...


Mar 20, 2022

Near the very tip of Everglades National Park, the interior wetlands of Cape Sable have long been viewed as one of the most ecologically productive environments left in Florida. It could become even more so thanks to an upcoming restoration project.  Dr. Jerry Lorenz, head of Audubon's Everglades Science Center,...


Mar 13, 2022

Nearly 200 countries have developed various forms of biodiversity strategies, but the United States is not one of them.

What exactly would a "national biodiversity strategy" look like? What would it entail? To explore those, and other, questions about biodiversity we’re joined by Robert Dewey, vice president...


Mar 6, 2022

From coast to coast, national parks, national forests, and state parks are being crowded, if not overrun at times, by visitors. 

One part of the country that has seen record-breaking visitation has been the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and...